How come trolls need an economy.
Figure:
1, Trolls can eat Everything. The possibility of a troll starving seems
slim.
2, Trolls can live almost anywhere. Heat and lack of protection from sunlight is Bad, but you can dig a cool cave, and you'll have food in the meantime.
3, Trolls don't care much for clothing, it seems.
So almost all things which needs producing in a Troll society seems to be 'luxury' items (a nice carcass instead of a tree, a lead maul instead of a log, body decorations...)
As I get it, RW hunter-gatherers have much more spare time than more 'developed' peoples; perhaps troll hunter-gatherers, who have even more opportunities for meeting their small needs, have even MORE spare time. That explains how they can have cities, crafters etc while still being hunters/herdsmen (of insects, who like the Uz themselves are very frugal, really)
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